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Far Edge of Darkness
by Linda Evans
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are
fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 1996 by Linda Evans

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof
in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises
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Riverdale, NY 10471

ISBN: 0-671-87735-6

Cover art by Ken Tunnell

First printing, August 1996



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For Diana Hulsey, David Fletcher, and Dr. David C. Young for their
incalculable help with ancient Rome (Dr. Young's knowledge of Roman
circuses was priceless for this and previous novels); also for Dr. Lenny Land,
for her support and encouragement; for Alan Hagan and Sandon Flowers for
encouragement and willingness to share their libraries; and—as always—for
Bob and Susan, for putting up with everything.
Baen Books by Linda Evans
Sleipnir
Far Edge of Darkness

Time Scout (with Robert Asprin)
Wagers of Sin (with Robert Asprin)
 Chapter One
Sibyl Johnson didn't own a rifle.
She wouldn't have known how to shoot one, if she had. And Tony Bartlett had vanished,
apparently right off the edge of the world.
None of which stopped Sibyl from wanting to center his face in the sights of an honest-to-
God, high-powered varmint gun. Sibyl had spent her formative years increasingly disgusted with
small-town drunken quarrels that led to knifings and shootings on Saturday nights. But if she ever